A Description of the First Tomb Raider Trailer?

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By Paul Davidson

2ND UPDATE: There was some worry expressed by fans the other day over a possible description of the Tomb Raider teaser trailer posted by CinemaConfidential.com. However, a solid source close to the production tells FilmForce that the description is completely inaccurate. Perhaps the report was describing some older marketing footage. It's probably safe to say that this Friday's online teaser debut will be much more substantial, aimed at blowing Lara Croft fans away! Don't miss it.

UPDATE: Paramount has officially announced that the teaser trailer talked about below will launch online at 8 AM PST (11 AM EST) this Friday, Dec. 8, on the film's official Web site, tombraidermovie.com. Paramount will be kind enough to make it available in several digital formats including RealVideo, Windows Media Player, and QuickTime. Watch for more details to come!

A trailer for Tomb Raider, the movie adaption featuring the quintessential, gun-toting, butt-kicking, archaeologically-enamoured heroine Lara Croft, is due out in North American theatres very soon. But if you thought that last sentence was too long, the teaser being planned might be too short to please Croft fans, who have been waiting a long time to see this film.

There's no way of knowing if the report is totally accurate or not, but a scooper at Cinema Confidential claims to have seen what Paramount Pictures has cooked up to pique moviegoers' interests.

"The teaser trailer was very short. At first, it shows all of these historical looking sites and antiques, and the it says something like 'The face of terrifying evil beyond the grave is not a being , its ancient.' [sic] Then it shows a a scene with Lara in some kind of desert with and the wind is blowing really fast and the look on her face is somewhat angry. Then the camera goes up to he stars were all of these simbels [sic] fly in the zoom by as it spells Tomb Raider. Then Lara Croft appears at the top."

And that's all. It is compared to the first Charlie's Angels teaser, which was similarly disappointing. However, that movie went on to be a huge success (due in no small part to the movie's marketing campaign), so maybe this will be enough to whet our appetites while we wait for a full-length trailer to come out in the spring.

In the meantime, keep watching this spot for the unofficial news and the Official Tomb Raider Site for production news and the weekly movie snapshot or artwork. This week, a production sketch is being featured showing Lara ducking for cover from hostile gunfire among some ancient ruins. A total solar eclipse also just "happens" to be occuring at the same moment, but that probably won't be in the movie. It's still a nice picture!